Scott,

Except for pointing out that I interpreted your "WTD: Manure" post as "Where
to dump the manure that I have" -- nuff said.

I'm just going to address your P.S. about "commercial" (presumably meaning
non-organic) fertilizer (and I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that
you are *not* actually trolling in this newsgroup by being ingenuous about
equating fertilizer with "vitamins"):

Heaven knows, I have used my share of fertilizers on my veggie garden (for
the topic at hand, I'll limit this to edible stuff), and I've felt
"virtuous" because I was only using chemical fertilizers and not pesticides
on my veggie plants (I've come a looooong way from my days of using diazanon
on radishes a few decades ago!) -- but, here's the point: Is the stuff
you're putting on the veggies something you really want to eat? Do you
know?

If you are interested in learning more about the effects of chemicals in the
garden, I suggest that you check out the website for Organic Gardening
magazine http://www.organicgardening.com/ (it used to be a great magazine,
by the way, full of helpful information for gardeners of any sort, but I
stopped subscribing to it because it now takes only 15 minutes to read it
because there's almost no text, just illustrations/graphics/ads.) Also,
having just now visited the website, I'm not sure that there is even a
monthly magazine now, or just a bunch of topics.

Anne Lurie
NE Raleigh










"Nonya" wrote in message
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Anyone know (and I'm sure this has been asked a hundred times, so I
appologize up front) where I can get free/cheap manure? I live in the
Hillsborough area, off of 70 and St. Mary's Rd.

I have a great pile of composting leaf material, but need some nutrients
to
throw in.

P.S. I have a neighbor who is into organic foods and she has seen me
fertilizing my stuff with comercial fertilizer . I explained to her that
it
is basically like giving the plants vitamins, and that there should be no
cause for concern when using it. Am I correct?

Thanks,
Scott